CVE-2025-38061 Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.355-280.672.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-12508282
  • published5 Sept 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38061  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.355-280.672.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2968.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()

Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1